METHOD FOR PROVIDING A FUNCTION IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE

• US 20160286029A1
• Filed: 06/20/2014
• Published: 09/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Original Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Inventors: Zrb-Schliefer, Arne
• Granted Patent: US 9,807,225 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data

Abstract

The invention concerns a method for providing a function by means of a service in a computer system of a given vehicle, with the steps:

• • making (12) a communication link between the computer system of the vehicle and a mobile terminal,
  • relaying (14) terminal information from the mobile terminal to the computer system of the vehicle, distinguishing the mobile terminal as a server,
  • relaying (16) vehicle information from the computer system of the vehicle to the mobile terminal,
  • providing (18) a list of available services of the mobile terminal for the computer system of the vehicle, wherein the list contains at least one service in addition to services already implemented in the computer system of the vehicle.

Claims

1. Method for providing a function by means of a service in a computer system of a given vehicle, with the steps:

making (12) a communication link between the computer system of the vehicle and a mobile terminal,

relaying (14) terminal information from the mobile terminal to the computer system of the vehicle, distinguishing the mobile terminal as a server,

relaying (16) vehicle information from the computer system of the vehicle to the mobile terminal, wherein the relaying of the vehicle information by the computer system of the vehicle to the mobile terminal involves a relaying of services implemented in the computer system of the vehicle

providing (18) a list of available services of the mobile terminal for the computer system of the vehicle, such that the list contains at least one service unknown to the vehicle in addition to services already implemented in the computer system of the vehicle, in that the list of services is compiled such that it only contains services in addition to services already implemented in the computer system of the vehicle, and the services enable a providing of a function in the computer system of the vehicle, and

calling up of the list of services of the mobile terminal by the computer system of the vehicle, in order to make use of the at least one service not known to the vehicle by using a web service which makes the functionalities available via the communication network.

2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that a user interface is provided to the computer system of the vehicle by the mobile terminal.

3. Method according to claim 2, characterized in that the user interface is compatible with the computer system of the vehicle.

4. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that an IP-based communication link is used as the communication link.

5. Method according to claim 4, characterized in that the computer system of the vehicle and/or the mobile terminal independently select an IP address.

6. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that, before making (12) the communication link of the computer system of the vehicle and/or the mobile terminal, an initialization signal (10) is sent out.

7. Method according to one of claim 1, characterized in that the computer system of the vehicle determines usage data for the use of the services of the mobile terminal provided by means of the list.

11. System for the providing of a function, with a computer system of a vehicle and with a mobile terminal, wherein the system is set up to carry out the method according to claim 1.

8-10. -10. (canceled)